Rihanna rolls sparkly cigarette on Diamonds single artwork

Rihanna has unveiled the artwork for her new single Diamonds which will be the lead track from her upcoming seventh album.

Rihanna unveiled the front cover of her new single Diamonds to her fans on Twitter (Picture: Instagram/Rihanna)

The singer revealed the typically risqué artwork on Twitter for Diamonds, which is also the name of her 2013 tour.

The cover shows a woman with long painted nails rolling a cigarette with small jewels taking the place of tobacco. In the bottom right corner is Rihanna jagged ‘R’ logo.

Rihanna posted a link to her website on Twitter which revealed that Diamonds will be available to download on September 25 an hour after being rolled out to radio stations.

Diamonds will be the first single to be released from Rihanna’s seventh studio album (Picture: Getty Images)

The Umbrella singer tweeted with the link ‘Can’t believe it’s our 7th one!!! Hail Jah’Rihanna is in the running for six possible MTV Europe Music Awards, with nods in the categories for Best Female, Best Pop, Best Look and Biggest Fans.Her number one single We Found Love, produced by Scottish DJ Calvin Harris is up for Best Video and Best Song.The ceremony will take place on November 11 in Germany and fans can cast their votes for their favourite artists until November 9.